Many people enjoy the beach, but sometimes they leave trash behind. No one likes a beach covered with trash. Volunteers arrange beach cleanups to pick up the trash. They walk up and down the beach and pick up all kinds of trash. Volunteers are careful when picking up trash. Some wear gloves. Others use trash grabbers. Everyone wears good shoes to protect their feet. A beach cleanup is a great way to make a beach beautiful, safe and clean again! Conversation A (in the Jungle Café) James: Hi, Alice. How are you? Alice: Hey, James. I'm good. I'm arranging a beach cleanup. James: Are you looking for volunteers? Alice: Yes, | am! Do you want to be a volunteer? James: Maybe. Please tell me more. Alice: We're picking up trash at Turtle Beach on Saturday morning. James: Do volunteers need to bring anything? Aice: Nothing at all. Just wear good shoes and comfortable clothes. 26 vers TALKIN ENGLISH Conversation B James: People leave a lot of trash on Turtle Beach. Alice: Yes. It's too bad. James: It may take a long time to get all the trash Alice: Yes. If we have more volunteers, then we can pick up more trash. James: OK. I'll help. Alice: Yay! Write your name here. James: OK. Alice: I'll provide gloves, trash grabbers, bags and water. James: Sounds great! “Yay Alice: Thanks, James. Questions 1. What is Alice doing? 2. How often do you go to the beach? 27 of 76Sounds great! 385CHH Sounds great! FILUBAGAA "TENE 5 + A: How about having lunch together? BRE eM? B: Sounds great! som! CTL) + A: David wll pick us up tomorrow. AAR REM © B: Sounds great! ALU ARAGTT | You can clean up a beach at any time. Join a beach cleanup or do it yourself. Keeping the beach free of trash helps animals. Many birds and fish eat trash by accident. They can become very sick. Collecting trash helps everyone. No one wants to go to a beach with a lot of trash. Families like to bring kids to a clean, safe beach. More visitors will stop at a beach if it looks nice and clean. After a beach cleanup, more people can enjoy the beach. lcome here as often up trash. ‘A)'P as often as someone can AIT LA, ATTRA, + I go to the gym as often as I can, ‘BATT AeA ANP + Mom cooks as often as she can. SATE AT AKER ° can to pick 28 9176 Conversation A (at the beach) Tina: Matt Thanks for helping me collect trash, Matt. No problem! This is a nice beach. It just needs a good cleanup. Yes. | come here as often as | can to pick up trash. ‘o I'm sure that really helps the animals around here. Itdoes, ‘Sometimes | see birds eat trash because they think it’s food. That's bad. They can become sick from eating the trash. LETS TALK INENGLISH 27NATURE AUGUST 13, 14 Conversation B Mat; Do you usually clean up the beach by yourself? Tina: No, sometimes | do it with friends. Matt: Have you joined a beach cleanup before? Yes, at a different beach. So why did you start cleaning up this beach? Tina: My friend wanted to bring her kids here. But it was dirty. Well, now there's less trash. | hope that it can be free of trash! Questions 1. Who is helping Tina pick up trash at the beach? 2. Have you ever joined a beach cleanup before? & ‘Want to try something harder? Try Studio Classroom! Pesaro) leave (v) [liv] iF Please leave your bags here. trash (n) (wes) sii There's so much trash by the road. arrange (V) [o‘rends) 22H : Silt Dad arranged a picnic for his family. Pick up (phr v) {pikllap] sire ‘Mom picked up the toys from the floor. glove (n) [slav) Fe (AFH) Wear some gloves. I's cold outside. clean up (phr v) [klin]{ap] isi! : #1408 Please clean up your messy room. free (adj) [iri] se--ty + xetanty Her vacation was free of children bird (n) [bzd) 5: 3Re& The birds fly in the sky. Collect (v) [ka‘lekt] (8) MEM > Yerfs ‘She collected the papers. kid (n) [koa] “18% The three kids played together. cleanup (n) [‘klinap] AtiBER trash grabber (n) [trefl[‘grebo) sisi If we have more... ., then we can... + If we have more money, then we can buy more food. + If we have more time, then we can go more places. |\ Write your own! Ihope that... = Thope that I can make new friends. + | hope that more people will help us. \\ Write your own! 176What kinds of trash do people leave on the beach? The Ocean Group picked up trash on beaches for a year. Here are the top ten kinds of trash from the ocean beaches. ae * aL roe Parts of cigarettes 2,417,931 Food wrappers 1,140,222 Drink bottles (plastic) 1,065,171 Bags (plastic) 1,019,902 Caps and lids 958,893 Cups and plates 942,767 Straws 611,048 Drink bottles (glass) 521,730 a Drink cans 339,875 - Bags (paper) 298,332 Questions 1. How many drink bottles did the group pick up? 2. What did the group pick up the most of? 3. What kinds of trash did the group pick up less than a million of? 4. How many more straws than drink cans did they pick up? 5. How many people ate food at the beach and left the wrappers? (Answers on page 74.) pater LETS TALKIN ENGLISH 29